Day two - Configuring Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 "squeeze"

Add image of Carl Sagan to Cosmos screensaver

• cd /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos && sudo wget http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/9612/sagan_uc_big.jpg
• Because...Carl Sagan...Cosmos

Investigate clicking when hard drive parks head

• Via this post, I hear a clicking when the hard drive parks it's head.
• Quiet, but noticeable
• sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
• Still hearing the hard drive parking it's head
• ATA FUJITSU MHT2040A 006C PQ : 0 ANSI: 5
• Install smartmontools package via Software Center
• Ran sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda ... not sure how to parse the results
• Edited /etc/hdparm.conf 
• sudo vim /etc/hdparm.conf 
• apm = 255
• apm_battery = 255
• sudo update-rc.d hdparm defaults
• ?

Configure printing

• System > Administration > Printing
• Add > Printer
• Expand "Network Printer"
• Select "HP LaserJet CP1525nw"...popup "Searching for drivers" appears
• Select "Select printer from database", then "HP", then button "Forward"
• Select model "Color LaserJet cp1518ni" and Drivers "HP Color LaserJet cp1518ni hpijs pcl3, 3.10.6 [en] (recommended), then select button "Forward"
• Set Printer Name = HP-Color-LaserJet-cp1525nw, Description = HP Color LaserJet cp1525nw, then select button "Apply"
• Authenticate to complete the test, if necessary
• Print test page...prints successfully in color